Scot McKnight has emerged as one of the most popular and influential NT scholars of the last decade. Hip popular blog (Jesus Creed) attracts thousands of daily readers, and his books are perennial bestsellers that prove to be informative, edifying, and challenging.
1 Peter [NIVAC] is no exception to this rule. McKnight does an excellent job of illuminating the rich and troubled circumstances of the original reader's while also skillfully Peter's extensive moral exhortations in light of the original recipients' context. McKnight, who also accepts the so-called "new perspective" on Paul, no doubt reads 1 Peter through similar lenses and equally draws the implications for this non-pauline book. A Master of Application, readers are in store for a rich reward of wisdom and practical extrapolations from the text.
La mayoría de los comentarios bíblicos nos llevan en un viaje de una sola vía de nuestro mundo al mundo bíblico. Pero nos dejan ahí, asumiendo que de alguna manera nosotros podremos hacer el viaje de regreso por nuestros propios medios. En otras palabras, se enfocan en el significado original del pasaje pero no discuten las aplicaciones contemporáneas. La información que ofrecen es valiosa, ¡pero el trabajo está a medias! La serie de Comentarios NVI nos ayuda con las dos partes del trabajo interpretativo. Esta nueva y única serie, muestra a los lectores como traer el mensaje antiguo a un contexto moderno. Explica no solo lo que da a entender la Biblia sino también como nos puede hablar poderosamente hoy día.
Scot McKnight (PhD, Nottingham) es Profesor de Nuevo Testamento en el Northern Seminary, de Lombard, Illinois. Es erudito estadounidense en Nuevo Testamento, historiador, teólogo, conferencista, autor y bloguero. Ha escrito acerca del Jesús histórico, el cristianismo en sus primeros años y los movimientos de la iglesia emergente y la iglesia misional. Nacido en el sur de Illinois, asistió al colegio universitario en Grand Rapids, Michigan y al seminario Trinity en Deerfield, Illinois. Es autor de varios libros, entre ellos el laureado The Jesus Creed, The King Jesus Gospel, One Life y The Blue Parakeet, además de los estudios de la epístola a los Gálatas y la primera epístola de Pedro en la serie NIV Application Commentary.
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J.I. Packer
Regent College
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Eugene Peterson,
Regent College
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James Montgomery Boice
Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
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Billy Graham
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Kent Hughes,
College Church, Wheaton, IL
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Arthur Rowe,
Spurgeon's College
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Howard J. Hendricks,
Dallas Theological Seminary
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George K. Brushaber,
President, Bethel College & Seminary
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Rick Warren,
Saddleback Church
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Bill Hybels,
Willow Creek Community Church
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Leith Anderson
Pastor, Wooddale Church
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Warren W. Weirsbe
